September 7, Beijing time, ITTF Nomination Committee reviewed the candidates for the ITTF Executive Committee and announced the list of candidates to the member associations. Chairman of China Table Tennis Association Liu Guoliang was nominated for the post of Executive Vice Chairman of ITTF.
On November 24, 2021, ITTF members will vote at the ITTF Annual Congress in Houston, USA, to elect 9 ITTF Executive Committee members. The term of office of these 9 elected persons is four years.
Previously, the official Weibo of the World Table Tennis Professional League @WTT世界 Table Tennis Federation published an interview with Liu Guoliang. It is mentioned in the article that Liu Guoliang was originally one of the most appropriate candidates to lead the world table tennis, but in order for the Chinese team to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics, he gave up the ITTF presidential election.
The article mentioned that in November this year, the general election of ITTF president will be held during the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, USA. Liu Guoliang is a leader in the world table tennis and one of the most appropriate candidates to lead the world table tennis. However, the presidency of the ITTF requires very complicated and tedious preparatory work, and the preparation process of coincides with the time for the Chinese team to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. In the end, Liu Guoliang chose to devote all his energy to the preparations for the Chinese team.
ITTF Group CEO Steve Denton said: “I really admire Liu’s attitude. This campaign is actually the best opportunity for Mr. Liu Guoliang, and he will also be the best candidate. He did his job well with his identity. But he decided to devote all his energy to preparing for the Tokyo Olympics. This is his most important job as the chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association. Now he plans to first understand and study the ITTF system and understand this. The people working in the system-members of the ITTF family will be very grateful for this.
WTT World Table Tennis Managing Director Matthew Pound also said: "Mr. Liu Guoliang is a rare leader in the international table tennis world. He has made great contributions to the promotion and development of world table tennis. . "
The article also pointed out that in the next few years, Liu Guoliang will serve as a member of the ITTF Executive Committee and participate in the work of ITTF decision-making. Liu Guoliang expressed that he hopes that he can further familiarize and study the ITTF platform. System, understand the status quo of each member association, in order to think about the future of table tennis from the perspective of the development of the world table tennis at a deeper level. This also shows that Liu Guoliang will have sufficient time to prepare for the next ITTF presidential election.
Source: @中国新闻网, @WTT World Table Tennis Federation, Beijing Daily
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